Dinosaurs may be extinct in the rest of the world, but the city of Troy is about to become home to its own dinosaur.

On Monday, about 300 regional business professionals, community and cultural leaders and public officials are expected at an invitation-only, "sneak-peak" for the new Dinosaur Bar-B-Que restaurant, according to Claudette Thornton, director of marketing and communications for the Rensselaer County Regional Chamber of Commerce, who is hosting the event.

My boss, Publisher Jim Murphy, and I were pleased to be invited to the event and we can't wait to check the newest business to locate along Troy's waterfront.